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A China Falun Dafa Practitioner's Letter to The Procurator Reporting on the Violence in the Labor Camps in Jilin Province
(Clearwisdom.net)
Dear Procurator:
I used to have many diseases and tried numerous ways to cure them, but was
unsuccessful. Fortunately, I obtained Falun Dafa and before long I found that
both my body and mind had fully recovered. Since July 20, 1999, the authorities
have not allowed us to practice Falun Dafa. Because I continued practicing
anyway, I was illegally sent to a labor camp. I want to tell you about my
personal experiences there.
I was transferred from Siping Labor Camp to Jilin Labor Camp in August 2001.
There, I was forced to sit on top of a 2-inch wide wood strip day long, for 17
hours straight. If I moved even a tiny bit, the guards beat me severely. I was
forced to sit like this for three months, and have been beaten many times. I was
transferred to Jiutai Labor Camp in December, where I was sent to a so-called
"education class." One method used to "help" us was to cuff
our hands to the bed, while several people beat us up. The beating was so savage
that even the pickaxe handle that they used to beat us broke into three pieces.
They broke the ribs of practitioner Li Xin. Since March 23, all teams started to
use a new "educating" method. Team One was the most ferocious, having
as many as 7 kinds of electric batons and electric needles. The most
ferocious means they use is to strip a practitioner, and make him lie naked on
the cold cement floor. Then the guards twist rubber tubes around him at places
like the armpits, or the upper thigh and four guards twist simultaneously. In
this manner some practitioners had their genitals severed, causing them to pass
out in excruciating pain. If they still would not "break" from Falun
Dafa, then when they regained consciousness, after resuscitation, the guards
would cuff their hands and feet to the "Death Bed," and continue
torturing them. Practitioner Qiao Jianguo from Team Four was one of the victims.
In the Yanji Labor Camp, the "help" given was just as malicious.
In mid June last year, Falun Dafa practitioners Xiao Guobing, Li Youchun and
Zhang Hui and others, were severely beaten by criminals and guards for no
reason. Moreover, Zhang Hui was thrown into a small cell (a cell which is too
small for the prisoner to either stand up or lie down) for a half month
after the beating. In addition, his term was prolonged.
In March of last year, the provincial authorities came to the labor camp to
visit Falun Dafa practitioners. Xin Yanjun, the chief of staff of the Yanji
station troops and Zheng Kuijun spoke up, telling them the truth about the
conditions in the camp. After the authorities left, they were kept in a small
cell for one month, and both their terms were prolonged.
On November 30 last year, an art troupe was invited by the labor camp to
perform sketches defaming our Teacher. Falun Dafa practitioners Gu Rendong, Yu
Jianhua, Xiao Guobin and Wang Tiesong suffered severe beatings just because they
said, "Stop defaming our Teacher!" They were kept in an iron cage for
two days. Gu Rendong's ankle cracked from being beaten, and festered for two
months. Wang Tiesong died as a result of the severe beatings. After this
incident, the authorities of the labor camp bought us four bags of candy to
deceive the public into thinking they were kind to us.
Things were more atrocious in the women's labor camp. For those who would not
"break" from Falun Dafa, the guards would grab them by the hair, force
their heads under water and beat them. Some practitioners' necks swelled to same
the width as their heads. The guards would use despicable means, such as
shocking practitioners' private parts with electric batons. The female guards
would get drunk before starting to beat female Falun Dafa practitioners. Perhaps
because if they did not drink so much, they would not have been able to be so
brutal.
The guards in the labor camp would persecute Falun Gong practitioners without
any legal basis, and without any reasonable or lawful procedures. Moreover,
their methods were more sinister, and their means more cruel than those from any
other country or any other time.
What I have described is the "civilized" way of the so-called
"saving, touching and educating." Everything that is mentioned here
really happened.
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